Classification of Desires in St. Thomas and in Modern Sociology

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DISSERTATION

Presented to the Faculty of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

BY

HENRY IGNATIUS SMITH, O.P.

1915

NATIONAL CAPITAL PRESS, INC

BOOK MANUFACTURERS

WASHINGTON, D. C

Introduction..

Chapter I.

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Subjective Classification of Desires in St. Thomas 9

I. Principles of Classification.

II. Forms of Desire...

1. Natural Appetency.

2. Sensile Appetency.

3. Rational Appetency.

III. Pleasure and Pain..................

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Chapter II. Objective Classification of Desires in St. Thomas 20

I. Principles of Classification

II. Classification of Goods.

1. Goods of the Body

2. Goods of the Mind.

3. External Goods.

Chapter III. Subjective Classification of Desires in St. Thomas

Chapter IV. Objective Classification of Desires in St. Thomas

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